OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME()

Returns the database schema name for schema-scoped objects. For a list of schema-scoped objects, see sys.objects (Transact-SQL).

Signature

OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME ( object_id [, database_id ] )

Parameters

  • object_id — The ID of the object to be used. *object_id* is int and is assumed to be a schema-scoped object in the specified database, or in the current database context.
  • database_id — The ID of the database where the object is to be looked up. *database_id* is int.

Examples

SELECT DISTINCT OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(object_id)  
FROM master.sys.objects;
NULL
sys
SELECT DISTINCT OBJECT_SCHEMA_NAME(object_id, 1) AS schema_name  
FROM master.sys.objects;
dbo
sys

Run against SQL Server 16.0.4265.3 on 2026-09-13. This is the output we got, not the documentation’s.

Available on

  • SQL Server 2017 and later
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure SQL Managed Instance
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Azure SQL Edge
  • Microsoft Fabric warehouse
  • Fabric SQL database

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